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(No Model.) W. H. MYERS.

CIGAR No. 293,665. r Patented Feb. 19, 1884.-

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' WILLIAM H. MYERS, OF'BEADING, BENNSYLVANIA, Assienoa or ONE- HALF TO JACOB HOLL, OF SAME PLACE.

4 UN I'r D STAT-ES? PATENT iQFFicn CIGAR-CUTTER.

j SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 293,665, dated February 19, 1884.

5 Application filed April 28,1893. (No model.)

"cigar-cutters operated by a piston motion, and

has special application to those machines designed to cut, notch, or. bifurcate the end of the cigar.

The object of the machineis to furnish for tobacco dealers a neat, simple, and effective cigar. shown in the accompanying drawings; which machine for notching or nicking'the small end of the cigar, thus retaining the shape of the same, yet giving a free draft through the I accomplish this by the machine form a part" of this specification and in which corresponding parts are correspondingly lettered. a

Figure l is a front elevation of the machine, the base in section on the line as m of Fig. 9. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the case-cap. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the case with the cap removed. Fig. 3 is a view of the top of the I cutter-case Band of the top end of the cover 0, showing the piston-rod slot Bf andthe filling-piece 0 Fig. 3is a detail'sectional view' of parts B and 0'. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the double-yoked piston-rod.

same. Fig. 9 is a plan of the base or tray,-

showing the notch in the stand recess to prevent the turning of the case. Fig. 10 repre sents the knife-blank as stamped before bending; Fig. 11, plan and side elevation of a knife I or cutter bent ready for use in the machine.

In all of the figures A represents the base or tray; A, recess to receive the stand A notch fitting a projection in, the rear portion of the stand; A screw-holes for securing the same to the counter; B,,the front portion of the case or stand; B B openings for the introduction of the cigar ends; B countersink.

for screw-head; B", a thickening up of the face on the inside of the case topermit the 1counte1'sinking of the openin gs B B for the cigar ends; B B discharge-openings, preferably in the sides of the case, but may with the chutes be in the back of the case; B B, chutes for discharging the cigar-nicks; B half-guide for the tail of the piston-rod and half-rest for the spiral spring; B, threaded screw-hole in stand B,.whereby the stand is secured to the tray; '13", slot in the'top of the case to admit the piston-rod; O, a rear cap and half-stand; O, threadedboss for securing-screw; 0, menforce to the cap; 0 half-guide for tail of rod .and half seat or rest for spiral-spring; 0*, pro jection in end of stand, fitting the notch A in the base recess; 0 projected gap-filling piece for the piston-rod gap; D, double-yoked .piston-rod; D, stem; D head. of rod; D tail of rod; D*, threaded holes for clamp-screws; E, spiral spring or an equivalent therefor; F, angular orV knives; F, ears to the same; G, knife-clamp forming a part of the piston-rod Gr, lugs on the clamp resting upon the knifeears I G countersunk holes for clampingscrews. p

The construction of the cutter is so fully detailed that an expert will have no difficulty in comprehending the same. The case B is cast with one half-section of the stand and the fulldepth of the case in one piece, the foot of the half-stand being prolonged to take the securingscrew B Openings B provided with chutes B, are formed on opposite sides of the case, and a half seat and guide, B is cast near the base of the stand A slot, 13*, is also. cast on the top to admit the stem of the piston-rod. The openings B B are made oval inside of the case, so as to compress the cigar end and insure a clean cut or nick therein. The piston-rod D is cast in one piece, of the form shown, having recesses in the face for the ears F of the knife, a stem, D, and knob D The stem fits in the slot B of the case. The tail D is provided with a spring, E, of any suitable material. The knives F are of steel, cut

as blanks, in shape similar to Fig. 10, and are subsequently bent into the form shown in Fig. 11, and are then tempered and laid in the recesses provided for the same in the pis-- ton-rod D, are covered with the clamp G, and

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IO spring-seat and piston-rod guide made coincident with B. The screw B is then screwed up, and the case is completed. It is then stood upon the base or tray A, with the projection 0 within the notch A The base-screw in B is then screwed up, and the machine is ready for operation.

The machine may be used in either a vertical or horizontal. position, and by changing the form of the holes B B to full circles and substituting flat knives working in contact with the inside faces of the holes, it may be used as a butt or end cutter, as thought most desirable.

I am aware that I am not the first to produce a cigar-cutter having a piston movement; but I believe myself to be the first to so arrange said means as to admit of two or more angular notched knives being attached in a simple manner to the same, and to discharge the waste from opposite sides of the case exterior to the same into the tray below the same.

I am also aware that I am not the first to use a V or angular knife to notch or nick the ends of cigars, Patent No. 286,679, G. Kauffman, January 18, 1881, covering the same; but my improvement in the form of the knife and the ears F admits of a wider and more useful application of the same. I do not, therefore, broadly lay claim to an angular notching-knife, nor to a piston movement of the knife-rod; but

I desire to claim as follows:

' 1. A cigar-tip cutter composed of the following elements: a half -ease having chutes and side openings for the cuttings, front openings for the introduction of the cigar-tips, and a spring-rest and guide-recess for the pistonrod, in combination with a back or cap having corresponding spring-seat and guide-recess and afilling-piece, a double-yoke pistonrod provided with angular knives having ears,

said knives being secured within the yoke by means of clamps and screws, the spring arranged to throw the piston-rod back to its highest position, and a base-tray, all said parts being removably connected with each other, as set forth.

2. In a cigar-tip cutter, the half-ease provided with perforations B B", countersink B, thickened portions B", chuteopenings B, chutes B, guide and spring rest B screwhole B, and piston-rod guide-slot B", in combination with back or cap 0, piston-rod D, knives F F, having ears F F, screws G, clamp G, spring E, and base or tray A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cigar-cutter, as described, the cap 0, provided with a re-enforce, G a threaded boss, 0, half spring-seat, piston-rod guide 0, and filling-piece 0", in combination with half-case B, piston-rod D, knives F F, having ears F F, clamp G, spring E, and tray A, all the parts being connected substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The double-yoke piston-rod D, provided with stem D, knob D", tail D, threaded screwholes D, said yoke being recessed to receive the knives or cutters F F, and clamp G, having projecting lugs G, screw-holes G and securing-screws, in combination with spring E, half-case B, and cap 0, having seats and guides B and 0, slot B", filling-piece 0", and tray A, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

5. In a cigar cuttercr nicker, angular V- shaped knives F, having ears F integral therewith, piston-rod D, having recesses, and a stem, D, and knob D provided with clamp G, lugs G, and screws for securing the knives in said recesses, in combination with halfcase B, and cap 0, having openings B B seat and guide B and and slot B", and spring E, whereby the depression of said knob will bring the knives in contact with the cigar-tips, cut, shear, or nick the same, and the pistonrod will be returned to position by the spring,

substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

WM. H. MYERS.

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J. KREMP, D. KREMP. 

